Overview
- Departments in Miami-Dade, Aurora, Richmond and other cities are increasing patrols and warning offenders face arrest, fines and possible jail time.
- Miami-Dade’s sheriff invoked the unsolved killing of 10-year-old Yaneliz Munguia last New Year’s, noting bullets can travel up to three miles and urging residents to take cover and call 911.
- Aurora, Illinois, will respond to every ShotSpotter alert and deploy to last year’s hotspots, with the system covering roughly two square miles where a large share of shootings occur.
- Richmond police plan arrests using license-plate readers and gunshot detection after prior injuries and the 2020 death of La-Tiyah Hood linked to celebratory fire.
- Officials cite data and recent cases to stress the risk, including a study reporting a 32% death rate in stray-bullet incidents and San Antonio statistics showing hundreds of calls each holiday.